Quotes on The Bruised Edge

Hardly Anything Is Evil

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“Hardly anything is evil. But most things are hungry. Hunger looks very like evil from the wrong end of the cutlery. Or do you think your bacon sandwich loves you back?”

If They Can Get You Asking

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.”

It Always Seems Impossible

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“It always seems impossible until it is done.”

It is No Measure of Health

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

Not Everything that is Faced

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

Power Concedes Nothing

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will.”

Ring the Bells

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“Ring the bells that still can ring; forget your perfect offering; there is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.”

Socialism Never Took Root

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”

Stop a Moment

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“Stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”

The Problem with the World

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

War is the Massacre of People

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“War is the massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who do.”

We May Have Democracy

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:01:14 +0100

“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we can’t have both.”